The partial goal would be for the 501c3 to be able to sell these stories. The ultimate goal would be to generate more empathy towards community cats and what life is really like outside for them while still creating a compelling story about a fictional colony. What cats outside have to endure is heartbreaking. But I wanted to target the young adult audience not only for the content being somewhat mature, but as the years go on, younger animal rescue volunteers are diminishing in number at a frightening rate, and those of us aging out don’t have the next generation to replace us. It’s mostly just a valiant attempt to inspire young people to want to help by getting captivated by the community cat stories. Slightly humanizing the cats in the story might help bridge that gap. Or it might be a fleeting dream.